diff --git a/source/funkin/Paths.hx b/source/funkin/Paths.hx
index ccc42ed9f..fdc120cad 100644
--- a/source/funkin/Paths.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/Paths.hx
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ class Paths
     return getPath('data/$key.json', TEXT, library);
   }
 
+  public static function srt(key:String, ?library:String, ?directory:String = "data/"):String
+  {
+    return getPath('$directory$key.srt', TEXT, library);
+  }
+
   public static function sound(key:String, ?library:String):String
   {
     return getPath('sounds/$key.${Constants.EXT_SOUND}', SOUND, library);
diff --git a/source/funkin/util/SRTUtil.hx b/source/funkin/util/SRTUtil.hx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61c6b4034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/funkin/util/SRTUtil.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package funkin.util;
+
+import flixel.math.FlxMath;
+import flixel.util.FlxStringUtil;
+
+using StringTools;
+
+class SubtitleEntry
+{
+  public var id:Int;
+  public var start:Float; // ms
+  public var end:Float; // ms
+  public var text:String;
+
+  public function new(number:Int = 0, start:Float = 0, end:Float = 0, text:String = "")
+  {
+    this.id = number;
+    this.start = start;
+    this.end = end;
+    this.text = text;
+  }
+
+  public function toString():String
+  {
+    return FlxStringUtil.getDebugString([
+      LabelValuePair.weak("index", id),
+      LabelValuePair.weak("range", [start, end]),
+      LabelValuePair.weak("text", text)
+    ]);
+  }
+}
+
+class SRTParser
+{
+  /**
+   * Parse SRT content from a raw string
+   */
+  public static function parseFromString(s:String):Array<SubtitleEntry>
+  {
+    if (s == null) return [];
+    // normalize newlines
+    var normalized = s.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n");
+    // strip BOM if present (this fixes the case when the very first line contains invisible U+FEFF)
+    if (normalized.length > 0 && normalized.charCodeAt(0) == 0xFEFF)
+      normalized = normalized.substr(1);
+
+    // split by double newlines
+    final blocks = normalized.split("\n\n");
+    final out:Array<SubtitleEntry> = [];
+
+    var _timmed = null;
+    var _lines = null;
+
+    for (block in blocks)
+    {
+      _timmed = block.trim();
+      if (_timmed.length == 0) continue;
+      _lines = _timmed.split("\n");
+
+      var idx = 0;
+      var number = 0;
+      var timeLine:String = null;
+
+      if (_lines.length > 0 && SubtitleUtils.isNumeric(_lines[0]))
+      {
+        number = Std.parseInt(_lines[0]);
+        idx = 1;
+      }
+      if (idx < _lines.length)
+      {
+        timeLine = _lines[idx];
+        idx++;
+      }
+      if (timeLine == null) continue;
+
+      var times = SRTParser.parseTimeLine(timeLine);
+      if (times == null) continue;
+
+      var textLines = _lines.slice(idx, _lines.length);
+      var text = textLines.join("\n");
+
+      out.push(new SubtitleEntry(number, times.start, times.end, text));
+
+      _lines = null;
+    }
+
+    out.sort(SubtitleUtils.sortLines);
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  public static function parseFromFile(name:String, ?library:String, ?dir:String):Array<SubtitleEntry>
+  {
+    var rawSRTData:String = "";
+    try
+      rawSRTData = funkin.Assets.getText(Paths.srt(name, library, dir))
+    catch (e)
+      trace(e);
+
+    return SRTParser.parseFromString(rawSRTData);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse line like: 00:01:23,456 --> 00:01:25,678
+   */
+  static final timeArrowPatterns = ["-->", "->", "—>", "–>"];
+
+  public static function parseTimeLine(line:String):{start:Float, end:Float}
+  {
+    var left:String = null;
+    var right:String = null;
+
+    for (a in timeArrowPatterns)
+    {
+      var parts = line.split(a);
+      if (parts.length == 2)
+      {
+        left = parts[0].trim();
+        right = parts[1].trim();
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (left == null || right == null) return null;
+    var s = parseTimecode(left);
+    var e = parseTimecode(right);
+
+    if (s < 0 || e < 0) return null;
+    return {start: s, end: e};
+  }
+
+  /**
+   *  Parse a single timecode like 01:02:03,456 or 01:02:03.456
+   */
+  public static function parseTimecode(t:String):Float
+  {
+    var clean = t.trim().replace(",", ".");
+    var parts = clean.split(":");
+    if (parts.length != 3) throw "Invalid timecode: " + t;
+    var hh = Std.parseInt(parts[0]);
+    var mm = Std.parseInt(parts[1]);
+    var ssf = parts[2];
+    var secParts = ssf.split(".");
+    var ss = Std.parseInt(secParts[0]);
+    var ms = 0;
+    if (secParts.length > 1)
+    {
+      var frac = secParts[1];
+      if (frac.length > 3) frac = frac.substr(0, 3);
+      while (frac.length < 3)
+        frac += "0";
+      ms = Std.parseInt(frac);
+    }
+    return (hh * 3600 + mm * 60 + ss + (ms / 1000.0)) * 1000;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Utility helpers for using subtitles at runtime
+ */
+class SubtitleUtils
+{
+  /**
+   * Finds subtitle entry for the current time.
+   */
+  public static function findActive(list:Array<SubtitleEntry>, time:Float):SubtitleEntry
+  {
+    for (s in list)
+    {
+      if (time >= s.start && time <= s.end) return s;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds subtitle entry id for the current time.
+   */
+  public static function findActiveIndex(list:Array<SubtitleEntry>, time:Float):Int
+  {
+    var lo = 0;
+    var hi = list.length - 1;
+    while (lo <= hi)
+    {
+      var mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
+      var s = list[mid];
+      if (time < s.start) hi = mid - 1;
+      else if (time > s.end) lo = mid + 1;
+      else
+        return mid;
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  public static function isNumeric(s:String):Bool
+  {
+    if (s == null) return false;
+    var t = s.trim();
+    if (t.length == 0) return false;
+    for (i in 0...t.length)
+    {
+      var code = t.charCodeAt(i);
+      if (code < '0'.code || code > '9'.code) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sort lines by their id.
+   */
+  public static function sortLines(line1:SubtitleEntry, line2:SubtitleEntry):Int
+  {
+    return FlxMath.numericComparison(line1.id, line2.id);
+  }
+}